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Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. is Senior Editor of the Journal of Media Psychology and Emeritus Professor of Media Psychology at Cal State, Los Angeles. See full bio

October 16, 2008, Politics

Comments on "The Last Debate Show"

The Last Debate Show

By Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. on October 16, 2008 in The Media Zone

"For God's sake, John, how can I vote for you when I feel smarter than you! I'm not supposed to feel smarter than you. You're supposed to feel smarter than me! Obama feels smarter than me most of the time, why can't you?" Read More

How the last debate really should have gone

Submitted by Writing Frontier on October 18, 2008 - 6:40pm.

If you wanted to see a truly smart debate, then this is the read for you. See "That's not debatable" at

http://writingfrontier.com/2008/10/04/thats-not-debatable/

smart debates

Submitted by Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. on October 22, 2008 - 11:43am.

Amusing and curiously refreshing. A Schweppes moment. I think, however, that Obama's portrayed humility in ignorance (war, economy, etc.)is a non-starter. After all this time running for office he has yet to get any advice from his kitchen cabinet since he is likely not per se a polymath on all matters presidential? That may have sounded like candor to the writer but for me that hews too close to Palin and her never-ending failure to find out what a VP does and doesn't do.

Stuart